From: Sam Kong Date: 2005-07-26T09:01:04+09:00 Subject: Re: Trying to understand symbols Thanks, rcoder! But, what bothers me is the following case. class Foo def foo puts "foo" end end Foo.new.send(:foo) In this case, :foo is not just a string-like thing. It seems more like the one in the quoted text. What do you think? Sam